INS 3003 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Four fundamental legal conditions to qualify as a State... - Answer -1. Must have a
territorial base, with geographically defined boundaries.
2. A stable population must reside within its borders
3. This population should owe allegiance to an effective government
4. Other states must recognize this state diplomatically
countries that fulfill the four criteria but are not recognized as legitimate states: -
Answer -1. Abkhazia
2. Nagorno-Karabakh
3. South Ossetia
Nation State - Answer -A state whose citizens all share a common national identity.
The foundation for national self-determination, the idea that people sharing nationhood
have a right to determine how and under what conditions they should live.
Statecraft - Answer -Strategies for action vis-à-vis other states
Techniques states use to exert influence in international relations - Answer -1.
Diplomacy
2. Economic statecraft
3. The use of force
All these techniques require credibility on the part of the state that seeks to use them to
exert influence
Globalization - Answer -The growing integration of the world in terms of politics,
economics, and culture; prompted both homogenization and differentiation. An
outgrowth of globalization has been both increasing democratization and the emerging
power of transnational movements
Transnational movements - Answer -Groups of people from different states who share
religious, ideological, or policy beliefs and work together to change the status quo.
Ethnonational movements - Answer -Self-conscious communities that share an ethnic
affiliation and participate in organized political activity
Fragile states: - Answer -States with an inability to exercise a monopoly on the
legitimate use of force within their territory, make collective decisions because of the
erosion of legitimate authority, interact with other states in the international system,
and/or provide public services.
Power - Answer -Refers to the ability to not only influence others but also to control
outcomes, producing results that would not have occurred naturally.
, Power potential: - Answer -A measure of the power an entity like a state could have,
derived from a consideration of both its tangible and intangible resources; states may
not always be able to transfer their power potential into actual power.
The three most important natural sources of power potential are: - Answer -1.
Geographic size and position
2. Natural resources
3. Population
Tangible sources of power include: - Answer -1. Industrial development
2. Economic diversification
3. Level of infrastructure
4. Characteristics of the military
Intangible sources of power include: - Answer -1. National image
2. Quality of government
3. Public support
4. Leadership
5. Morale
Soft power: - Answer -The power of a state to attract others and influence their
behavior because of the legitimacy of its values and policies
Smart power - Answer -A combination of the hard power of coercion and the soft power
of persuasion and attraction.
Diplomacy - Answer -The process in which states try to influence the behavior of other
actors by bargaining, negotiating, taking a specific action or refraining from such action,
or appealing to the foreign public for support of a position
Public diplomacy - Answer -The process of targeting both foreign publics and elites,
attempting to create an overall image that enhances a country's ability to achieve its
objectives.
Track-two diplomacy: - Answer -The process of using individuals outside the
government to carry out negotiations with other states.
Engagement - Answer -A type of statecraft in which a state entices a target state to act
in a desired way by rewarding moves it makes in a desired action (also called positive
sanctions)
Sanctions - Answer -type of statecraft in which a state threatens to act, or takes actual
actions, to punish a target state for moves it makes in a direction not desired (also
called negative sanctions)
Four fundamental legal conditions to qualify as a State... - Answer -1. Must have a
territorial base, with geographically defined boundaries.
2. A stable population must reside within its borders
3. This population should owe allegiance to an effective government
4. Other states must recognize this state diplomatically
countries that fulfill the four criteria but are not recognized as legitimate states: -
Answer -1. Abkhazia
2. Nagorno-Karabakh
3. South Ossetia
Nation State - Answer -A state whose citizens all share a common national identity.
The foundation for national self-determination, the idea that people sharing nationhood
have a right to determine how and under what conditions they should live.
Statecraft - Answer -Strategies for action vis-à-vis other states
Techniques states use to exert influence in international relations - Answer -1.
Diplomacy
2. Economic statecraft
3. The use of force
All these techniques require credibility on the part of the state that seeks to use them to
exert influence
Globalization - Answer -The growing integration of the world in terms of politics,
economics, and culture; prompted both homogenization and differentiation. An
outgrowth of globalization has been both increasing democratization and the emerging
power of transnational movements
Transnational movements - Answer -Groups of people from different states who share
religious, ideological, or policy beliefs and work together to change the status quo.
Ethnonational movements - Answer -Self-conscious communities that share an ethnic
affiliation and participate in organized political activity
Fragile states: - Answer -States with an inability to exercise a monopoly on the
legitimate use of force within their territory, make collective decisions because of the
erosion of legitimate authority, interact with other states in the international system,
and/or provide public services.
Power - Answer -Refers to the ability to not only influence others but also to control
outcomes, producing results that would not have occurred naturally.
, Power potential: - Answer -A measure of the power an entity like a state could have,
derived from a consideration of both its tangible and intangible resources; states may
not always be able to transfer their power potential into actual power.
The three most important natural sources of power potential are: - Answer -1.
Geographic size and position
2. Natural resources
3. Population
Tangible sources of power include: - Answer -1. Industrial development
2. Economic diversification
3. Level of infrastructure
4. Characteristics of the military
Intangible sources of power include: - Answer -1. National image
2. Quality of government
3. Public support
4. Leadership
5. Morale
Soft power: - Answer -The power of a state to attract others and influence their
behavior because of the legitimacy of its values and policies
Smart power - Answer -A combination of the hard power of coercion and the soft power
of persuasion and attraction.
Diplomacy - Answer -The process in which states try to influence the behavior of other
actors by bargaining, negotiating, taking a specific action or refraining from such action,
or appealing to the foreign public for support of a position
Public diplomacy - Answer -The process of targeting both foreign publics and elites,
attempting to create an overall image that enhances a country's ability to achieve its
objectives.
Track-two diplomacy: - Answer -The process of using individuals outside the
government to carry out negotiations with other states.
Engagement - Answer -A type of statecraft in which a state entices a target state to act
in a desired way by rewarding moves it makes in a desired action (also called positive
sanctions)
Sanctions - Answer -type of statecraft in which a state threatens to act, or takes actual
actions, to punish a target state for moves it makes in a direction not desired (also
called negative sanctions)
